Explore the map
Every district, four ways
to look at it.
Switch between land area, the economy, road safety and crime. Hover or click a district — or pick one from the ranking.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Hover or click any district
Economy — NZ$ millions, 2024. Grey districts have no figure in this view.
Top 10 · Economy
of 64 with a figure
Figures are the ones shown on the live Community Pulse map. In Claude, every figure arrives with its source, unit and period — ask “What can I ask?” to see what’s on your plan.
The 13 themes
Pick a theme. See what
you can ask.
They’re the part of the data lake’s 800+ datasets that has passed the connector’s grounding and caveat checks, and more join over time.
Population & Demographics
How many people live where, and how that’s changing — age, ethnicity, households and growth.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
How has the population of our district changed over the last decade?
What’s the age profile of our district compared with the region?
Which small areas in our region are growing fastest?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Population data (SA2) · Free
Economy & National Accounts
The size and shape of local economies, and how they move over time.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
Has GDP grown faster in Hamilton City, or the region as a whole?
Which districts have the largest economies in our region?
How has our district’s GDP changed since 2019?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Gross Domestic Product
Labour Market & Business
Jobs, industries and business locations — where people work and what they do.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
How many people work in manufacturing in the Waikato region?
Which industries employ the most people in our district?
Compare jobs between Tauranga and Hamilton.
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Employment by IndustryGeographic Units by Industry and Statistical Area
Income, Living Standards & Equity
Income, deprivation and how living standards differ between places.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
What’s the deprivation index for South Auckland?
Which areas in our district have the highest deprivation?
How does household income here compare with the national picture?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Deprivation Index (SA2) · Free
Housing & Built Environment
Housing, building activity and the built environment.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
How has building activity changed in our district?
How does housing in our district compare with neighbouring districts?
What’s changed in our housing picture over five years?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Datasets in this theme are listed in Claude — ask “What can I ask?”
Health & Wellbeing
Health and wellbeing indicators for regions and districts.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
What health and wellbeing indicators are available for our region?
How does our district compare with the region on wellbeing?
What’s changed over the last five years?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Datasets in this theme are listed in Claude — ask “What can I ask?”
Education & Skills
Education participation, achievement and skills.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
How does educational attainment in our district compare with the region?
What does the data say about skills in our workforce?
How has this changed over time?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Datasets in this theme are listed in Claude — ask “What can I ask?”
Transport & Infrastructure
Transport networks, infrastructure and road safety.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
Where are road crashes most concentrated on our network?
Have crashes gone up or down in our district?
Compare road safety between two districts.
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Road Accidents (Crash Analysis System)
Environment, Climate & Energy
Environmental, climate and energy statistics.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
What environmental indicators are available for our region?
How has energy use changed in our region?
What does the data say about our climate risks?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Datasets in this theme are listed in Claude — ask “What can I ask?”
Society & Communities
Community wellbeing, social support, and crime and safety.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
Is recorded crime up or down in our district this year?
Compare crime and road crashes side by side for our district.
Which types of victimisation are most common here?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Victimisations Time and Place
Tourism & International Travel
Visitors, spending, travel and accommodation.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
How important is tourism to our district’s economy?
How has visitor activity changed since 2019?
Compare tourism between two regions.
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Datasets in this theme are listed in Claude — ask “What can I ask?”
Governance & Public Sector
Local government, public services and public finance.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
What public sector data covers our region?
How do public services compare between regions?
What governance data is available for our council?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Datasets in this theme are listed in Claude — ask “What can I ask?”
Local Government Elections
Turnout, participation and results from local elections, including LGE 2025.
QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK
What was voter turnout in our district at the 2025 local elections?
How did our turnout compare with neighbouring districts?
What election data is available for our council?
DATASETS YOU’LL MEET
Datasets in this theme are listed in Claude — ask “What can I ask?”
Geography
From the whole region
to your neighbourhood.
Territorial authority and regional-level statistics, right down to small local areas.
Matched to the right level
Ask about “Waikato” and the answer says whether it used the region or the district — and asks if you meant the other.
Consistent boundaries
Figures line up on the same boundaries, so comparing two places compares like with like.
Free SA2 geography
The Free plan includes population, GIS boundaries and the Deprivation Index at SA2 level.
Region
Regional-level statistics — the big picture for a whole region.
Territorial authority
Cities and districts — the level most councils plan and report at.
SA2 · small local areas
Statistical Area 2 — neighbourhood-sized areas, right down to the local picture.
What’s on each plan
Start with three datasets.
Unlock all 250+.
Free comes with a starter set, no card needed. Standard unlocks the whole data lake with no monthly reset.
Free · SA2
Population data
Population figures for small local areas across New Zealand.
Free · SA2
GIS boundaries
The boundaries that sit behind the figures, at SA2 level.
Free · SA2
Deprivation Index
How deprivation varies between small local areas.
Community Pulse Connector — Standard
Every one of the 250+ datasets, across all 13 themes.
NZ$2,400 a year paid upfront (save 20%), or NZ$250 a month on a 12-month commitment.
How datasets go live
Checked before it’s
ever askable.
Selected
Datasets are chosen from published New Zealand statistics — aggregate figures, never personal information.
Checked
Each one is checked against the connector’s grounding and caveat rules before it goes live.
Live
It joins the data lake and becomes askable in Claude, with its source, unit and period attached.
Growing
More datasets join over time. If you need one that isn’t there yet, tell us.
Need a dataset that isn’t here yet?
Tell us what you’re after and which question it would answer. We’ll let you know if and when it can join.